Our Mission
The main mission for the creation of the La Voz club is to educate and promote the social, economic, and political issues of Latinos/as in the U.S. to students attending John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Its purpose will be to provide a forum of academic and political discussion in relation to the issue of immigration and its effect on U.S. students. Those who wish to join this club, will have the opportunity to learn and become active on the array of issues affecting the Latino/a community. We will conduct our club with these three objectives in mind:
1) To bring awareness on the hotly- debated issues affecting Latinos in the United States as well as issues currently happening throughout Latin America. 2) To learn about the role that contemporary immigrants play in the U.S. society, and the interchanges between immigrants and their cultures in the United States. We will study these issues through the lens of historical, sociological, anthropological, economical, cultural and political analysis. 3) Lastly, to create a core of activism among the members of the club in promoting the issues that affect the Latino/a community with events held at the College, and with the publication of a bi-monthly newsletter for all the students at John Jay. |
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